RV Servicing

A collection of 42 posts

Campground Reviews

Turning to a SC state park to find RV life joy again

Continued from Our inverter replacement did not go as planned What was supposed to be a 2-hour displacement turned into a whole day of sitting in the truck in nearly 100-degree temperatures. EcoEthic Solar didn't have it any easier. They thought they had scheduled a straightforward

RV Servicing

Our inverter replacement did NOT go as planned

Let's catch you up. On what was supposed to be a relaxing evening of nothingness, our inverter decided to die in dramatic fashion – literally going up in smoke and frying itself into a stupor. 0:00 /0:03 1× Anthony learned how to bypass the inverter so we

RV Servicing

All-day displacement while our trailer gets repairs

In the RV life, it's a known fact that, at any given time, something will need repairs. We barrel down the road, and things shake loose and break. We take our homes through all different climates and terrains. And let's face it – most RV components are

RV Servicing

Inverter goes up in smoke!

So far, season 5 has been a tough year. We seem to be on the dark side of cosmic intervention, a road we wish we could get off. First, we got stranded at our home-base in MA during their snowiest winter in over a decade. Then we finally escaped,

RV Servicing

Tired of tire troubles

💡We got a flat tire right before crossing over into the Florida Keys. Did you miss that blog post? Read it here first: This could have been really bad (2 flat tires 2 days apart) We were enjoying the Florida sunshine in luxury at our oceanfront campsite in Key West,

Truck Problems/Servicing

This could have been really bad (2 flat tires 2 days apart)

After we launched back on the road for Season 5, we took a few weeks to reach our first "big dot" on our itinerary: Fort Myers, our jumping off point for visiting Anthony's family. Of course, "big dot" is a loose term this year,

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Swamping ATC with repairs AGAIN

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We receive a small commission for qualifying items purchased through these links. Thank you for helping support our blog! We were on the fast-track east, going from one repair appointment to the next. In early June, we stopped back at our axle manufacturer

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Axle appointment 2: Are we any closer to finding answers?

This post contains affiliate links. Purchasing qualifying items through these links grants us a commission, which we use to upkeep our blog. Thanks for supporting our adventures! We planned our entire season of travels around an axle appointment in Utah. What happened? You can read all the posts below, but

RV Life Season 4

Real-time update! How are our axles holding up?

💡Along our travels, we have been sharing the seemingly never-ending issues with our axles. After replacing our first pair with an upgraded version, we began hearing loud creaking sounds while towing and leveling our trailer. We spoke to several professionals and got an array of tentative diagnostics, which led

RV Life Season 4

The shocking outcome of our axle appointment

Fancy seeing you here! Before you read this post, let's quickly catch you up on our years of axle problems. It all started when we needed to have our stock axles replaced after both busted just 1.5 years into owning our RV. We were dealing with some

RV Life Season 4

Did we really travel 2,700 miles scot-free?

When we meet fellow RVers on the road and tell them about our blog, we always say the same thing: "We don't seek out the drama, but somehow the drama always seems to find us." The drama does make for some good stories, but sometimes we

RV Life Season 4

No heat → no water: The rabbit hole of winter repairs

Read it first: This was our RV's worst winter. Here's what we learned. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Qualifying purchases through these links help support our blog, at no extra cost to you. Simply click the link and make your purchases as usual. Thanks to

RV Life Season 3

A (sad) update on our trailer axles

This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links. We may receive a small commission for items purchased through these links. Thank you for supporting our adventures! In the debate of "leaf spring vs. torsion axles," we have basically become the poster children for torsion axles not being superior. We

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The race to get our furnace repaired before temperatures drop to freezing

Continued from Camping in cold fall temperatures...with no heat! To people who live in houses, nightly lows in the 40s might not sound too cold as long as everyone stays inside. The insulation on houses is much better than RVs, especially our RV. Despite the added steps we'

Country Life

Camping in cold fall temperatures...with no heat!

Fall is our favorite season to camp in our RV. We love how the campgrounds grow quieter with each passing week. We love feeling all warm and cozy when the air gets cool and crisp. We love watching the leaves change color around our campsites. This summer was hot and

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Constant axle issues! We feared a faulty trailer frame was to blame.

We often have fellow RVers ask us when we purchased our RV. We tell people that we custom ordered it in 2020 and took delivery in 2021. Questions immediately follow: "Oh wow, how has it been so far?" "Ooph, have you needed lots of repairs?" They

RV Problems

What our bidet taught us about our RV's black tank

One year ago, we were looking for ways to boost our morale in Wyoming. We ended up at Longhorn Ranch, an RV park that turned out to be a welcome regrouping stop, and a stay that brought us a lot of dear memories. One of those memories was the purchasing

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May-hem

On the first day of each month, we share a "one clip a day" video recap on Instagram and Facebook, along with a short caption to summarize the adventures had that month. On May 1, while sharing the April recap, I wrote about the polarizing craziness that was

Country Life

Our last day left us completely winded (HH/BW Challenge Series)

💡We're coming to the end of our Harvest Hosts/Boondockers Welcome Challenge Series! If you need to catch up on the posts, you can find them all here. We set our alarms for before dawn, but I had been up since 3:30AM, unable to fall back asleep.

RV Problems

We're not getting away that easily!

💡We were victims of treetaliation at Village Creek State Park. If you missed the post, read it here first. As frustrating as it is to incur damage on our RV, we woke up the next morning feeling grateful that things weren't worse. We were mere feet away from

RV Life Season 3

All our mods and upgrades in 25,000 miles

💡We did it. We listed out every single broken and problematic RV component that we've had in 25,000 miles of travel. Read it here and let us know, is it more or less than you expected? This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Shopping through these links gives

RV Life Season 3

25,000 mile check-in: Everything that has gone wrong in our ATC Gamechanger Pro

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Shopping through these links gives us royalties, which we use to keep this blog alive. We appreciate your use of these links when doing your Amazon shopping! One of our favorite parts of the Florida RV SuperShow was talking with other RVers about our

RV Life Season 3

The aggravating and unexpected start to Season 3

💡Continued from Our plans already got derailed ALREADY?!?! Yes, that's correct. On our very first drive day of Season 3, we ended up with a broken part on our trailer that needed to get repaired as soon as possible. Two bolts holding up one of our fresh tank

RV Life Season 3

Our plans already got derailed

On our first day of Season 3 of travels, we drove almost 380 miles from Massachusetts to Delaware. It's a much longer drive than we would typically take, but if you read our last blog post, you know that RV camping options in the Northeast are scarce, especially

RV Life Season 2

The crappiest situation: An overfilled black tank, while stationary, with no way to dump

Heading into our third year of RV living, we have camped without sewer hookups too many times to recall. It's safe to say that when we decided to park at our home-base for the holidays, overfilling our black tank was not one of our worries. Fresh tank